Excuse me, there's no Cork in this bottle, LOI May Bank Holiday Weekend Thread

applehunter · 28-04-2011 11:57PM #1

Fixtures

Premier League

29 Apr 2011 Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers 7:35 Terryland Park
29 Apr 2011 Bohemians vs Derry City 7:45 Dalymount Park
29 Apr 2011 Dundalk vs Bray Wanderers 7:45 Oriel Park
29 Apr 2011 St Patrick's Athletic vs Drogheda United 7:45 Richmond Park
29 Apr 2011 UCD vs Sligo Rovers 7:45 UCD Bowl

1st Division

29 Apr 2011 Limerick vs Athlone Town 7:45 Jackman Park
29 Apr 2011 Mervue United vs Monaghan United 7:45 Fahy Field
29 Apr 2011 Wexford Youths vs Waterford United 8:00 Ferrycarrig Park
29 Apr 2011 Shelbourne vs Finn Harps 8:00 Tolka Park
30 Apr 2011 Longford Town vs Salthill Devon 7:45 Flancare Park

Weekend off for league leaders Cork City.

dreamers75 · 29-04-2011 12:09AM

thank jaysis we have a decent thread title.

Well played.

We gonna lose only hope i have is what Mahon said our kids gonna play a part.

kdjacDreamers75: Tip for the future

Jake Carroll our young left back. I would say its rare i get impressed with a player in the LOI but **** me this lad is gold. Only a nipper and everytime i see him i get more and more impressed. Left back with ability, touch, pace, skill and touch.

Hopefully he end out in england, hate to see him to go Rovers and suffer the Stevens syndrome i was convinced he was good enough for england, now jaysis what did they do to him.

oh drogs to win AGAIN! prolly last minute winner too.

CSF · 29-04-2011 12:14AM

applehunter wrote: »

Fixtures

Premier League

29 Apr 2011 Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers 7:35 Terryland Park
29 Apr 2011 Bohemians vs Derry City 7:45 Dalymount Park
29 Apr 2011 Dundalk vs Bray Wanderers 7:45 Oriel Park
29 Apr 2011 St Patrick's Athletic vs Drogheda United 7:45 Richmond Park
29 Apr 2011 UCD vs Sligo Rovers 7:45 UCD Bowl

1st Division

29 Apr 2011 Limerick vs Athlone Town 7:45 Jackman Park
29 Apr 2011 Mervue United vs Monaghan United 7:45 Fahy Field
29 Apr 2011 Wexford Youths vs Waterford United 8:00 Ferrycarrig Park
29 Apr 2011 Shelbourne vs Finn Harps 8:00 Tolka Park
30 Apr 2011 Longford Town vs Salthill Devon 7:45 Flancare Park

Weekend off for league leaders Cork City.

Probably gonna be 3rd by the end of it.

TangyZizzle · 29-04-2011 01:07AM

Quality title.

Shels to play a blinder against a well rattled Harps team. And you've got to believe that dreamers was drunk when he made that post. That or I'm too drunk to make sense of it.

Gavin "shels" · 29-04-2011 01:13AM

Missing my first Reds match of the season (poxy work), hopefully a decent win for ourselves, cement us back on top.:cool:

OhNoYouDidn't · 29-04-2011 01:26AM

dreamers75 wrote: »

Hopefully he end out in england, hate to see him to go Rovers and suffer the Stevens syndrome i was convinced he was good enough for england, now jaysis what did they do to him.

Keep him out of the pub, give him full time football and get him into the Irish U21 squad?

dfx- · 29-04-2011 02:13AM

Galway is always a great trip

(a regular source of three points recently too. Hopefully that can continue)

GLaDOS · 29-04-2011 04:32AM

Home to Derry and then Bray on Monday. Optimistically, I'd say 4 points between the two of them.

Mushy · 29-04-2011 07:36AM

Hoping for 4 points after two away trips. How have Dundalk looked this season?

stovelid · 29-04-2011 08:58AM

Anything but a repeat of the last time I was up in Oriel plz.

doncarlos · 29-04-2011 09:42AM

Mushy wrote: »

Hoping for 4 points after two away trips. How have Dundalk looked this season?

A bit like your username.

We're excellent in some games and rubbish in others. We are very weak in the centre of Midfield (missing first three choices). Should have too much for Bray but I think we'll lose to Rovers. We haven't the squad size to deal with injuries.

dreamers75 · 29-04-2011 10:17AM

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Keep him out of the pub, give him full time football and get him into the Irish U21 squad?

Rovers are full time now?
:pac:

He should be in england by now.

OhNoYouDidn't · 29-04-2011 11:04AM

dreamers75 wrote: »

Rovers are full time now?
:pac:

He should be in england by now.

And I'm sure he will go when the offer is right. The difference is that with the setup he is involved in and the wages he is earning he is not in the rush to move he would have been if he was at Pats. He has a buy out clause and will go if the move suits him

I'm actually bewildered that you would imply his career has regressed moving to Rovers, even as a wind up. He is 20 ffs.

stovelid · 29-04-2011 11:15AM

At least Pats got a adequate replacement for the club Christmas party at full back fro us.

dreamers75 · 29-04-2011 11:16AM

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

I'm actually bewildered that you would imply his career has regressed moving to Rovers, even as a wind up. He is 20 ffs.

He was an attacking fullback for us and excelled in Europe, rarely in his own half. Now its quite the opposite. If we playing rovers i wouldnt fear Stevens.

OhNoYouDidn't · 29-04-2011 11:21AM

dreamers75 wrote: »

He was an attacking fullback for us and excelled in Europe, rarely in his own half. Now its quite the opposite. If we playing rovers i wouldnt fear Stevens.

You generally aren't supposed to 'fear' opposition fullbacks....

What you are saying is that he now plays in a disciplined system and is part of a defence that has conceded 4 goals in 8 so far this season. And this is bad?

He moved to a bigger and better club and will move on again when the time is right. Deal with it.

OhNoYouDidn't · 29-04-2011 11:24AM

stovelid wrote: »

At least Pats got a adequate replacement for the club Christmas party at full back fro us.

Its a nice little personification of the two clubs and where they are going.

Two talented players.

One has ambition to play at the very top, wants to learn from an experienced manager who has played in the EPL, the SPL and MLS and was an international player in a full time environment.

One has ambition to have enough money for a bag of cans so he can stand in a field with his mates 5 nights a week.

One plays for Pats. One plays for Rovers. Nuff said.

stovelid · 29-04-2011 11:28AM

dreamers75 wrote: »

He was an attacking fullback for us and excelled in Europe, rarely in his own half. Now its quite the opposite. If we playing rovers i wouldnt fear Stevens.

In fairness, playing a slightly different role dioesn't make him less of a player. I can see him getting the magic airplane too but he's on a 2 year contract and we've got cover there so win-win.